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A U.S. appeals court has upheld a lower-court ruling that Dish Network and EchoStar are still infringing on patents related to DVR technology held by TiVo. The court found that changes Dish made after losing a related trial in 2006 were insufficient and told the companies to stop providing DVR services.

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Dish Network said it will take its long-running legal feud with TiVo all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. That word came after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington on Wednesday agreed with a lower court ruling that Dish's digital video recorders infringe on the "Time Warping" patent held by TiVo.

Dish Network said it will take its long-running legal feud with TiVo all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. That word came after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington on Wednesday agreed with a lower court ruling that Dish's digital video recorders infringe on the "Time Warping" patent held by TiVo.

The U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas has fined sister companies Dish Network and EchoStar nearly $200 million in the firms' protracted patent dispute with TiVo. TiVo had asked for about $1 billion in damages, but the court ruled that a sanction based on $2.25 per DVR subscriber per month would be more fair.

Dish Network must pay $103 million plus interest in damages to TiVo for violating the DVR company's patent, a federal judge has ruled. In his decision, District Court Judge David J. Folsom wrote, "The harm caused to TiVo by EchoStar's contempt is substantial. EchoStar has gained millions of customers since this court's injunction was issued, customers that are now potentially unreachable by TiVo." Dish [formerly known as EchoStar] said it would appeal the ruling.

Satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications won't get a new trial in its patent dispute with DVR pioneer TiVo Inc. A district judge refused to grant EchoStar's request for a new trial, which means the case -- in which TiVo won an $89.6 million jury verdict -- now heads to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington.